Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01

voice; but she, looking into his face, saw that
it belied his voice. It was alive with evil
passions that seemed to make it positively
lurid. an effect that its undoubted beauty
only intensified.
II am quite well, thank you, Mr.. Muller"
she answered, as she began to move home
ward, commanding her voice as well as she
could, but feeling d.padfully frightened and
lonely. She knew something Of her admirers
character, and feared to be left alone with
him, so far from any help, for nobody was
about now, and they were more than 800
yards from the house.
He stood before her, 50 that she could not
pass without actually pushing past him.
HWhy are you IN such hurryT he said.
"You were standing still enough just now."
ut is time for me to be getting in. want
to see about the supper" a..........
1.-THE supper can wait while, Bessie. and
cannot wait. am going off to Paarde
Kraal tomorrow at daybreak, and want to
say good by to you first"
aGood BY" she said, more frightened than
ever at his curious, constrained manner, and
she held out her hand.
He took it and held it.
@Please let me CO." she said.
@Not till you have heard what l have to
say. Look here, Bessie, love you with all
my heart know you thlnk aE only a
Boer, but I am more than that. have been
to the Cape and seen the world. I have
brains, and can see and understand things,
and il you will marry me I will lift you up.
You shall be. one Of the greatest ladies in
Africa. though am only plain Frank Muller
now. Great things are going to happen in
the country, and shall be at the head Of
them, or near it. No, don't try to get away.
I tell you I love you, you don't know how.
am dying for you. Oh! can't you believe
me, my darling! my darling! Yes, I will kiss
you,' and in an agony of passion, that her re-
sistance only fired the more, he flung his
strong arms round her and drew her to his
breast, fight as she would.
But at this opportuns moment an unex.
pected diversion occurred, Of which the hidden
Jantje was the cause. Seeing that matters
were getting serious, and being afraid to
show himself lest Frank Muller should kill
him then and there, as he would indeed have
been quite capable Of doing, he hit upon an
other expedient, to the service Of which he
brought ventriloquistic power which is not
dIuOuS ildGiNCa. CoooSiAJ eoo
silence was broken by frightful and pro-
longed wall that seemed to shape itself into
the word 3Frank," and to proceed from the
air just above the struggling Bessie's head.
The effect produced upon Muller was some
thing wonderful
aAllemachter!" he cried, looking up, lit is
my mothers voice!"
"Frank!" walled the voice again, and he let
20 of Bessie in his perplexity and fear, and
turned round to try and discover whence the
sound proceeded-a circumstance that the
young lady took advantage Of to beat rapid
if not very dignifled retreat.
"Frank! Frank! Frank" walled and
howled the voice, now overhead, now on this
side, now ON that, till at last Muller,
thoroughly myst,ied. and feeling his super
stitious fears rising npace as the moaning
sound fitted about beneath the dark arch OF
the gum trees, made rush for his horse,
which was standing snorting and trembling
in every limb. 1t is almost as easy to work
upon the superstitious fears of dog or
horse as upon those of a man, but Muller, not
being aware Of this, took the animals alarm
as q clear indication of the uncanny nature of
the voice. With a single bound he sprang
into his saddle, and as he did so the woman's
voice walled out once more:
"Frank, thou shalt die in blood as did,
Frank"